This is true, but it doesn't mean that the file will be anything like the original. What do I mean by this? Well, if they were to use a lossy encryption algorithm, then the decrypted copy will be uncompressed.
Why would you need to reencode the data? Just copy the media stream without the DRM.
It's what qtfairplay and the WMV fairplay application (I forget the name) do.
For some reason this reminds me of a Star Trek: Voyager episode - 2x23 - The Thaw.
"You're different, I don't know anything about you. You're not on the system." "I would be pleased to tell you all about myself another time at a more appropriate time. For now suffice it to say that I'm here by a miracle of technology. Now let's get down to the issues, shall we?" "How am I supposed to negotiate if I don't know what you're thinking?" "I have a very trustworthy face."
Oooh - Pavilion laptop with a Nvidia chipset. Welcome to the club; back up your files early and often because that thing is going to fail soon. Good luck getting HP to fix it on warranty...
I prefer Nvidia to ATi or Intel chips. So far, no problems, I've had this laptop for four months already.
Did you post the right link? The one you gave brings up a few eBay/refurb listings for the DV6000 for which the going rate seems to be over £400 so you did really well to get a brand new one for that.
Link was really to look for the specifications. It was £400 at Comet (brand new) when I bought this.
*This was all I could find quickly - which cost £700+ new - although it does sound like yours is a newer model.
Wow, that article is two years old (didn't really think this model was that old).
When I got this laptop, Comet told me only Vista was available for the model, the model in the review is using XP.
you might not understand this, but sometimes, people omit things like punctuation and capitalization by choice.
And it is very common properly educated people have a tendency to not choose to do so, even when heavily fatigued or simply unmotivated.
if you think its smart of yourself to have pointed this out, good for you.
No, I don't feel smart for pointing out your incorrect use of grammar.
I have far bigger accomplishments I can rely on for feeling 'smart'. But despite that, I do not feel that smart right now since, I am continuing this pointless banter.
seriously though, the largest part of laptops i see at my university (i study computer science) are macbooks. students usually arent that rich, but we usually know what we need more than the usual lets-buy-an-asus-laptop guy.
The universities I visit in the UK -- I have not seen a single Mac in them.
Your lack of correct grammatical usage does not lead me to believe that the education in your university is that great.
hey are uglier than hell, and you know what? I don't care!
Funny enough, my PCs are pretty 'cool' looking and don't have that boring bland look that Macs do, but just like you - I couldn't really care less at the end of the day how it looks.
Even if I could buy a PC at $300-$400 less than a MacBook, even with all the features (or a little more), I won't get what I really want: A computer with OSX, UNIX, and able to run anything on the planet. You can call that a tax if you like.
Linux unfortunately seems to have many issues with the hardware on Macs actually.
I did my own comparisons, and really, I see the Mac tax.
I have a HP Pavilion DV6000, comes with pretty much everything. I bought it a few months ago for £400 (GBP). A Mac Mini costs £399 (GBP).
This laptop has dedicated RAM for graphic card (GeForce 8400M GS - runs all my games just fine, with excellent quality) usage, 2GB RAM, sdcard reader, firewire, A/G/B wireless, DVD burner, HDMI, three USB ports, VGA, modem, ethernet, video out, webcam, microphone...
I use this machine as my mobile gaming machine (it works great) and work stuff (software development, office work), home stuff (movie editing etc). The only disadvantage with it, is that it each core has 1.66GHz, while on the Mac Mini has 1.83GHz. That said, I couldn't use the Mac Mini for decent gaming, or for the majority of the stuff I use this laptop for without significant performance costs, lack of hardware options etc.
That's just the Mini, the cheapest laptop from Apple is the MacBook is £719.00 (GBP), which has Intel GMA graphics, no dedicated graphic card RAM, only 1GB RAM.
Sorry, I'm not convinced Apple systems are on par with PCs for their cost.
No, you're backpedalling now. You claimed it didn't handle unix tasks "properly", yet it's been proven and documented that OS X is compliant. Arguing about the name is just misdirection.
I honestly don't give a shit if it conforms to some shitty tests that doesn't catch out the signaling problems I encountered when I last used OS X.
You don't care what changes have been made to make it UNIX, the very thing you are complaining about?
No, I don't. Because as I said in my initial post, the reason why I use Linux has nothing to do with Unix. When was the last time I decided I wanted to use Linux because of the POSIX permissions? Floating Point Exceptions? Segmentation Violations? etc. etc. To put it simply: I never decided on Linux for those reasons.
The things I wrote about OS X not doing crap properly was just a side note.
Yeah, that makes sense. Anyway, what "problems" specifically do you know of in the current version?
I don't know. I don't use OS X anymore because of "logicboard failures" (what Apple likes to call a shit motherboard) in my recent hardware.
Let's see one. Show me a genuine case where it doesn't pass compliance.
Again, I don't care about compliance tests. It just doesn't work for my uses, period and I have written the reasons why it doesn't above.
I don't know if it's in the compliance test and I don't care. I really don't care about Unix. What makes me use Linux is nothing to do with Unix which is what I have been saying all along.
It's UNIX. Get over it.
By that definition, Windows is too, since it's POSIX subsystem (provided by Windows Services for Unix) is 100% compliant.
That did not work with UBUNTU and my KONICA and Epson printers. Even the Internet did not work right away, I had to change some settings Joe or Jane user would have deemed arcane and not known about without a geeky./ person such as I and most people here are. I could not even get a CD for the Konica.
Downloading a bunch of software is not what Joe or Jane user want to have to do, before the new computer works with their new printer or scanner. They want to pop the disk that came with the device in, click "INSTALL" and then print or scan.
On the other hand, you have people who just plug their scanners, webcams, soundcard devices, bluetooth devices and it "just works" on the computer (particularly those running Linux).
No drivers to install, no CDs to mess with. No software to install that takes over file associations and installs unwanted software that starts up with the system.
Who would want to use that when the GUI of OSX is far better?
I consider KDE's GUI superior. It is far more flexible, offers more and lets me use a real menu and taskbar instead of a "dock".
Just this small thing makes me prefer KDE (and there are many things about KDE that I prefer mind you): OS X vs KDE
I have used OS X and I have been OS X user for many years, but I still prefer KDE, period.
Who has time to scout the Internet for software that MIGHT work?
I don't, that's why I don't use Windows or OS X on my laptop.
Most free Mac software comes on DMG a disk image that opens and installs the software with a few mouse clicks.
Or drag and drop application. A archive format doesn't impress me.
For example GIMP installs on OSX and runs with x11.app which comes with every Mac. Other X-11 programs also work just fine. Much fine free open software runs in the native OSX environment.
Drag and drop doesn't work in OS X's X11, clipboard is broken in OS X's X11 (many applications worked around this by using Aqua's clipboard functions - but, who wants to bother porting all this crap. We just want to use the software) there is probably other numerous issues in X11, but by that time, I had enough of porting with OS X.
Much fine free open software runs in the native OSX environment.
Not really. A lot of finf, macports packages crash on OS X, upgrading OS X will cause special problems with them - weird segfaults etc.
Applications aren't quite native either when they have to run in a special window interface, because stuff like GTK on OS X is messed up beyond belief, making porting a nightmare. Thus it's far easier to just run the proper GTK libraries under a broken X11 server.
Windows has certain level POSIX compliance (it is not 100% because it doesn't provide a POSIX-compliant shell, as far as I know, as well as other POSIX requirements).
Yes it does. It's fully compliant when you install the POSIX subsystem (installed with Windows Services for Unix).
Mac OS X has Unix certification, including 100% compliance with the mandatory components of ALL the POSIX specifications.
I honestly do not care about certification, the problems I mentioned exist and that is why I am not interested in it.
Linux is NOT Unix-certified (and can't be because it exhibits certain kernel behaviors and interfaces different from what is expected from a Unix system, and those are design choices made by Linus Torvalds and the others in the Linux kernel system).
I thought I made this clear already by saying GNU is not Unix.
In my original post, I said "It's not about Unix (even though the BSD subsystem is so broken on OS X, it can't even handle things like signaling properly". Which was a counter point mostly towards the whole theme of the post that "OS X will run all the same software Linux will run."
I am not arguing about certification, I am arguing about the fact that the BSD subsystem is broken in various ways, the fact that what makes me use Linux over OS X is nothing to do with how "Unix" it is (I don't even use it for ideological reasons, I consider it technically superior).
Biggest significant difference I've seen in porting Linux software to Mac OS X is the lack of implementation of some of the optional features of the POSIX Real-Time extensions that many (though not all) Linux distributions support.
My biggest problem in simply porting Linux software to OS X was GTK not being the same as on every other platform (unless you run it in X11, which has broken clipboard issues), numerous OpenGL bugs (I spent a lot of time playing with 3D graphics at one point) that work on every other OS, but OS X etc.
Mac OS X 10.5 provides a modern X-Windows environment in which the majority of the X-Windows based applications can (and have been) ported to Mac OS X.
Seriously, it's not handling clipboard data properly, drag and drop and probably some other things I haven't found yet. While it maybe "modern", it's certainly "broken".
Mac OS X at the command line has the same GNU command line tools that Linux provides, most of them from the same code base (depending on version).
Honestly, when the tools just segfault, it's not good enough. When I need to install stuff like fink, macports which don't even provide tools that don't segfault (they don't segfault on Linux, Cygwin, Interix/WSU), it's just not acceptable for my uses.
LOL, is that all you've got in response to the detailed post by an engineer who actually worked on the changes to make it real UNIX?
No, but you miss understood my original post. Thus I am clarifying that for you.
I honestly don't care what that engineer did, the issues I posted are real problems that exist on OS X.
The recursive acronym is well known, but did you know that there was a bug filed during the certification effort to change the name to xiu, as it's now out of date?
That really just means, a bug report was filed.
I could file a bug report saying that OS X should be renamed to OS XI due to major changes.
They didn't fix it because they figured it wouldn't be worth the trouble, and anyone who cared would be smart enough to know better.
Come on, this is Apple!
You've seen how they like to spin every little trivial thing.
I would pay sex offenders to register certain e-mail addresses as their own.
It is the perfect way to take revenge against people, destroy their social networking and establish a link between their e-mail address and sex offender.
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Why would you need to reencode the data? Just copy the media stream without the DRM.
It's what qtfairplay and the WMV fairplay application (I forget the name) do.
For some reason this reminds me of a Star Trek: Voyager episode - 2x23 - The Thaw.
"You're different, I don't know anything about you. You're not on the system."
"I would be pleased to tell you all about myself another time at a more appropriate time. For now suffice it to say that I'm here by a miracle of technology. Now let's get down to the issues, shall we?"
"How am I supposed to negotiate if I don't know what you're thinking?"
"I have a very trustworthy face."
You seem so sure it will happen. I'm not convinced I'm going to be 100% effected. I don't even know if this laptop has the problem chips.
I prefer Nvidia to ATi or Intel chips. So far, no problems, I've had this laptop for four months already.
Link was really to look for the specifications. It was £400 at Comet (brand new) when I bought this.
Wow, that article is two years old (didn't really think this model was that old).
When I got this laptop, Comet told me only Vista was available for the model, the model in the review is using XP.
Incorrect, you claimed something and I deemed it suspicious because of how you 'write'.
I also mentioned how I did not observe the same phenomenon at the universities I visited.
Incorrect, reread my previous post again. I have no need or interest to do so for self-esteem purposes.
I am just simply, skeptical about your claims for the reasons I have given.
And it is very common properly educated people have a tendency to not choose to do so, even when heavily fatigued or simply unmotivated.
No, I don't feel smart for pointing out your incorrect use of grammar.
I have far bigger accomplishments I can rely on for feeling 'smart'. But despite that, I do not feel that smart right now since, I am continuing this pointless banter.
You should try Comet - I find most computers (not accessories) quite cheap there.
I speak four Slavic languages, English and I can get by in quite a few other languages.
You still aren't using things like proper punctuation, capitalization which is common to the majority of in-use languages.
I am pointing out that any properly educated person (as you claim your university's students tend to be) would not be doing what you are doing.
Indeed!
Hmm, my experiences...
FreeBSD is not Unix, it is "unix-like" and based on code released by Berkley which was used in Unix.
The BSD subsystem is also broken in some ways under the XNU kernel (see things like signaling) and the 'Unix' system OS X runs under is called Darwin.
OS X however, just like Windows does (for it's POSIX subsystem - comes with Windows Services for UNIX), has Unix certification.
From my experiences, Macs are just a world of a difference in hardware and price.
The universities I visit in the UK -- I have not seen a single Mac in them.
Your lack of correct grammatical usage does not lead me to believe that the education in your university is that great.
Funny enough, my PCs are pretty 'cool' looking and don't have that boring bland look that Macs do, but just like you - I couldn't really care less at the end of the day how it looks.
I prefer functionality over looks.
Linux unfortunately seems to have many issues with the hardware on Macs actually.
I did my own comparisons, and really, I see the Mac tax.
I have a HP Pavilion DV6000, comes with pretty much everything. I bought it a few months ago for £400 (GBP). A Mac Mini costs £399 (GBP).
This laptop has dedicated RAM for graphic card (GeForce 8400M GS - runs all my games just fine, with excellent quality) usage, 2GB RAM, sdcard reader, firewire, A/G/B wireless, DVD burner, HDMI, three USB ports, VGA, modem, ethernet, video out, webcam, microphone...
I use this machine as my mobile gaming machine (it works great) and work stuff (software development, office work), home stuff (movie editing etc). The only disadvantage with it, is that it each core has 1.66GHz, while on the Mac Mini has 1.83GHz. That said, I couldn't use the Mac Mini for decent gaming, or for the majority of the stuff I use this laptop for without significant performance costs, lack of hardware options etc.
That's just the Mini, the cheapest laptop from Apple is the MacBook is £719.00 (GBP), which has Intel GMA graphics, no dedicated graphic card RAM, only 1GB RAM.
Sorry, I'm not convinced Apple systems are on par with PCs for their cost.
I honestly don't give a shit if it conforms to some shitty tests that doesn't catch out the signaling problems I encountered when I last used OS X.
No, I don't. Because as I said in my initial post, the reason why I use Linux has nothing to do with Unix. When was the last time I decided I wanted to use Linux because of the POSIX permissions? Floating Point Exceptions? Segmentation Violations? etc. etc. To put it simply: I never decided on Linux for those reasons.
The things I wrote about OS X not doing crap properly was just a side note.
I don't know. I don't use OS X anymore because of "logicboard failures" (what Apple likes to call a shit motherboard) in my recent hardware.
Again, I don't care about compliance tests. It just doesn't work for my uses, period and I have written the reasons why it doesn't above.
I don't know if it's in the compliance test and I don't care. I really don't care about Unix. What makes me use Linux is nothing to do with Unix which is what I have been saying all along.
By that definition, Windows is too, since it's POSIX subsystem (provided by Windows Services for Unix) is 100% compliant.
*Shrugs* Not my experience.
On the other hand, you have people who just plug their scanners, webcams, soundcard devices, bluetooth devices and it "just works" on the computer (particularly those running Linux).
No drivers to install, no CDs to mess with. No software to install that takes over file associations and installs unwanted software that starts up with the system.
I consider KDE's GUI superior. It is far more flexible, offers more and lets me use a real menu and taskbar instead of a "dock".
Just this small thing makes me prefer KDE (and there are many things about KDE that I prefer mind you):
OS X vs KDE
I have used OS X and I have been OS X user for many years, but I still prefer KDE, period.
I don't, that's why I don't use Windows or OS X on my laptop.
Or drag and drop application. A archive format doesn't impress me.
Drag and drop doesn't work in OS X's X11, clipboard is broken in OS X's X11 (many applications worked around this by using Aqua's clipboard functions - but, who wants to bother porting all this crap. We just want to use the software) there is probably other numerous issues in X11, but by that time, I had enough of porting with OS X.
Not really. A lot of finf, macports packages crash on OS X, upgrading OS X will cause special problems with them - weird segfaults etc.
Applications aren't quite native either when they have to run in a special window interface, because stuff like GTK on OS X is messed up beyond belief, making porting a nightmare. Thus it's far easier to just run the proper GTK libraries under a broken X11 server.
How is this flamebait? They really do bring the card reader to the table.
Worst case scenario, I walk up to the till and use the card reader there.
Yes it does. It's fully compliant when you install the POSIX subsystem (installed with Windows Services for Unix).
I honestly do not care about certification, the problems I mentioned exist and that is why I am not interested in it.
I thought I made this clear already by saying GNU is not Unix.
In my original post, I said "It's not about Unix (even though the BSD subsystem is so broken on OS X, it can't even handle things like signaling properly". Which was a counter point mostly towards the whole theme of the post that "OS X will run all the same software Linux will run."
I am not arguing about certification, I am arguing about the fact that the BSD subsystem is broken in various ways, the fact that what makes me use Linux over OS X is nothing to do with how "Unix" it is (I don't even use it for ideological reasons, I consider it technically superior).
My biggest problem in simply porting Linux software to OS X was GTK not being the same as on every other platform (unless you run it in X11, which has broken clipboard issues), numerous OpenGL bugs (I spent a lot of time playing with 3D graphics at one point) that work on every other OS, but OS X etc.
Seriously, it's not handling clipboard data properly, drag and drop and probably some other things I haven't found yet. While it maybe "modern", it's certainly "broken".
Honestly, when the tools just segfault, it's not good enough. When I need to install stuff like fink, macports which don't even provide tools that don't segfault (they don't segfault on Linux, Cygwin, Interix/WSU), it's just not acceptable for my uses.
No, but you miss understood my original post. Thus I am clarifying that for you.
I honestly don't care what that engineer did, the issues I posted are real problems that exist on OS X.
That really just means, a bug report was filed.
I could file a bug report saying that OS X should be renamed to OS XI due to major changes.
Come on, this is Apple!
You've seen how they like to spin every little trivial thing.
I would pay sex offenders to register certain e-mail addresses as their own.
It is the perfect way to take revenge against people, destroy their social networking and establish a link between their e-mail address and sex offender.